No More Mr. Nice Guy is the title of an instrumental album released in 1996 by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Steve Wariner

Steve Wariner

Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...

. His final album for Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...

, it comprises twelve instrumental tracks. No singles were released from it, although "The Brickyard Boogie" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental at the Grammy Awards of 1997

Grammy Awards of 1997

The 39th Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.- Award winners :*Record of the Year**Babyface & Eric Clapton for "Change the World"*Album of the Year...

. This song features former Pearl River

Pearl River (band)

-Track listing:#"I Wanna Be in the Picture" - 2:46#"Hole Where the Heart Oughta Be" - 3:00#"Does She Need Me" - 3:09...

 member Derek George (who would later go on to found the band Williams Riley

Williams Riley

Williams Riley is an American country music band composed of Steve Williams , Derek George , Charlie Hutto , Joe Rogers , Dave Guidry , Travis Thibodaux and Nick Buda...

), former Boy Howdy

Boy Howdy

Boy Howdy was an American country music band. It was founded in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, United States by Jeffrey Steele , Hugh Wright , and brothers Cary and Larry Park...

 member Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...

, as well as Bryan White

Bryan White

Bryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's Between Now and Forever, were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and 1997's The...

 and Bryan Austin

Bryan Austin

-Track listing:#"Radio Active" – 3:20#"You're Right, I'm Wrong" – 2:44#"That's What She Said" – 3:45#"Is It Just Me" – 3:55...

. Jimmy Olander, guitarist for Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...

, is featured on the track "Hap Towne Breakdowne."

Track listing

Track	Song Title	Guest(s)	Length
1	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a... , Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. , nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently principal owner, president and CEO of the Texas Rangers....	4:04
2	"Big Hero, Little Hero"	Chet Atkins Chet Atkins Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...	4:34
3	"Prelude/Practice Your Scales Somewhere Else"	Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition... , Sam Bush Sam Bush Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...	3:38
4	"The Theme"	Larry Carlton Larry Carlton Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...	2:57
5	"Forever Loving You"	none	4:17
6	"Next March"	Béla Fleck Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...	3:19
7	"If You Can't Say Something Good"	Mac McAnally Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...	3:46
8	"Hap Towne Breakdowne"	Carl Jackson Carl Jackson Carl Jackson is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - a tribute to Ira... , Mark O'Connor, Jimmy Olander	3:28
9	"For Chester B."	none	1:50
10	"The Brickyard Boogie"	Bryan White Bryan White Bryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's Between Now and Forever, were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and 1997's The... , Derek George, Bryan Austin Bryan Austin -Track listing:#"Radio Active" – 3:20#"You're Right, I'm Wrong" – 2:44#"That's What She Said" – 3:45#"Is It Just Me" – 3:55... , Jeffrey Steele Jeffrey Steele Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...	3:29
11	"Don't Call Me Ray"	Leo Kottke Leo Kottke Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...	3:09
12	"Guitar Talk"	Lee Roy Parnell Lee Roy Parnell Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts... , Richie Sambora Richie Sambora Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...	3:46

External links

• [ No More Mr. Nice Guy] at allmusic